''Calocephalus'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

, where it is represented in every state.''Calocephalus''.
PlantNET. National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. These are annual and perennial herbs and

shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...

s. The leaves are arranged alternately or oppositely, or both. The herbage is hairy.

Flower heads A pseudanthium (; : pseudanthia) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, composite flowers ...

occur at the tips of the stems. There are one to 22 tubular disc florets per head. The fruit is a cypsela with a pappus of narrow scales or simple or plume-like bristles. ; Species''Calocephalus''.
The Plant List. * '' Calocephalus aervoides'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – woolly beauty-heads * '' Calocephalus citreus'' Less. – lemon beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus francisii ''Calocephalus francisii'', commonly known as fine-leaf beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small annual with yellow globular-shape flowers and is endemic to Western Australia. Description ''Calocepha ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – fine-leaf beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus knappii ''Calocephalus knappii'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small annual herb with yellow globular-shape flowers upright to decumbent branches and is endemic to Australia. Description ''Calocephalus knappii'' is ...

'' (F.Muell.) Ewart & Jean White * ''

Calocephalus lacteus ''Calocephalus lacteus'', commonly known as milky beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an ascending, spreading perennial with silver-grey leaves and cream globular-shaped flower heads. It occurs in easte ...

'' Less. – milky beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus lessingii ''Calocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is represented in every state.Calocephalus multiflorus ''Calocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemism, endemic to Australia, where it is represented in every state.Calocephalus platycephalus ''Calocephalus platycephalus'' commonly known as western beauty-heads or yellow top, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright to sprawling herb with white hairy branches and yellow ball-shaped flower heads and ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – billybuttons, yellow top, western beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus sonderi ''Calocephalus sonderi'' (common name pale beauty-heads) is a plant in the family Asteraceae, found in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. The specific epithet, ' ...

'' F.Muell. – pale beauty-heads

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''Calocephalus''.
FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5023083 Gnaphalieae Asteraceae genera Asterales of Australia Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)